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About The courier. (Lincoln, Neb.) 1894-1903 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 4, 1897)
THE COU" .J.I. s - h $ . The Giidiron. Iowa took its cust. jmarr 'brace'" and pave tlie University a lianl tame on Thanksgiving. This was expected for and it could not be pushed back- never seen in Lincoln before. The in terference formed rapidly and perfect ly and was irresistible to the visitors. The line on defense was like a wall It it has bc;n customary fir the two teams to play a elf se gainc,aud no one expected a large sc.re. It was generally believed that the home team would win, so that when the M-'ore was known, no surprise was evinced. The ground was in poor condition: soft and muddy. Nebraska went into (he game list lessly and jterhaps a little over confi dent. Thi, to a certain degree, kept down the score. She pushed the ball to 1 .wa's live yard line fhj times and failed to put it across- A drop kick was attempted four times and was either blocked or the ball gotten away t(oslwly Nebraska's lay was siie rior to Iowa s, but was very poor, never tbe-less, compared to what has been cen. Our ends got down field as well, if not better, than at any time this season, downing the man every time in his tracks. The tackles broke the guards" back interference well and car ried the ball for the five yards nearly every time. The rest of the forwards and the backs were slow and indiffer ent. It is true that Jowa furnished the strongest defense that Nebraska "has met this year, but something is very radically wrong when a team is slopped rive times within five yards of the goal. is well here to speak of the defense of the entire 3'ear. It showed an im provement during the present season which is incalculable. It has been the habit of former university teams to be rather weak in defense until just at the goal line. This year it was different. There was just as much re sistance in one placeas another, and it was quite the rule for the 'varsity eleven to hold the opposing team ii the middle of the field at the begin ning of the game, inst'ad of being pushed back at once. This means the jerfect ion of defense. Nebraska undoubtedly has the strongest line in the west, excepting Wisconsin and possibly Chicago. Ques tions were often asked as to the team's staying power, but it was demon strated that she was not behind in en durance. Por in the Kansas game the opposing team was supposed to have more endurance than any team in this region, and yet twelve minutes before the end of the game Nebraska rushed the ball across the field foratoucl down faster than she had at the 1 e giuningif the game. Kansas was the big game; after tl al interest slackened up somewhat ; nd the result was cviceit in the Thanks giving contest. Taken all in all the record made by the 'varsity team this season isacod Painting YTotlir H0IRe8-, Is amatter of man, brush and paint more of less. The paint is not the lerst important of the three. You want paint that sticks t and paint that has color. 1 he main point in .' paint besid s prettinet s is perfect body and ' paint that holds on. We sell the famous MOUND CITY HORSESHOE BRAND. i - r For the spectators, the game was the '"'? The first game was lost ten to most interesting of the season and the nothing, and it was the only game crowd showed this to an appreciable lost. From that time no team ever Cejree. crtsed the Nebraska goal line, orcver In reviewing theseason, we find that came nearer than twenty yards of it. there were more old men back than Kaunas kicked a very doubtful goal, last year and they begun work earth r. Fifteen points make the sum total These two things, together with the scored against the home team, while fact that we had Cor.ch Robinson back there stanJs for her: Tarkio sixteen, again, gave us an unusually good start. Mr. Robinson had taught them his style of game and knew just what each man could do. He began where he left off last year instead of beginning overegain. The first game gave to the team considerable satisfaction, although beaten ten to nothing. Ames should have defeated them thirty instead tf tea, for they had been six weeks under a coach, while the home team had but four days. Of course the usual pre options and prophecies of "poor team, 'iose lots of games." etc. was made after this, but the team said nothing and got down to work tin very day they got home. If theyhid woiJ they would not have been out to practice for a week. The second game, with Tarkio, was won sixteen to noth ing and the showing was so poor that the team took it as a defeat. And just so the Wesleyan game was considered. It was just at this time that the team had its 'slump.'' Practice at this period was the worst ever seen on the campus. Coach and men were totally discouraged. There was not a bit of tean' work to show for all their prac liceV.and the juen were listless ner vous and appeared to have gone all to pieces'. It is fortunate that this 'slump" came early instead of late, as it is almost sure to come to every team some time during the season. After this the team began to im prove, and four days after their worst exhibition defeated Missouri forty-one to nothing, and showed at times the fast football and team wi.rk f which they'are capable. Then there came two weeks of hard afternoon practice, tedious night practice. long runs fierce scrimmages until the day of the Kansas game. The men were in the best condition of any team ever turned out by the university. While the Kansas game was being played, the homo team showed a dash and spirit Wesleyan eleven. -Missouri forty-one. Kansas ten, Iowa six: altogether eighty-four to fifteen. The men on the team have trained LarJ and conscientiously and earned everything which teeyhave obtained. While not writing long letters, or making vain boasts of defeating Yale and the Indians, at the same time they feel that the team was excep tionally good. Nextseasonall will oe back except one or two and this prom ises still more. GeokgeC. Shedd. and pride ourselves on selling1 the best paint ' V y' in the city. We warrant it to be the ideal & paint. Of "course we sell brushes and -' everything" for painting purposes. We also line up in the front rank with the largest glass and paint houses in the west. Esti mates cordialty furnished. Standard Qlass ard Pairvt Co Wlioleaale and Retail ' 1312toi:10 O street. PliilllpMatter, J. B. Mo.ver, Proprietor. Manager.- gtCS GOOD LUCK GROCERY. HOTO Steetr. Dealer in. 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